Is Garth Brooks Irish?

Celtic088

Does anybody know if Garth Brooks is of Irish heritage? Country music is based on the traditional Celtic music, and I assume the name "Brooks" is of Irish descent. Can anybody corroborate it?

moridin

I dunno, but I'm pretty sure he wasn't an extra in Cowboy Bebop, so seems like a strange forum to ask the question in!

The guy

You seem to have the Internet and know how to type, why don't you type in Garth brooks wikipedia on google.

podge018

An awful lot wrong with your post.

1. Wrong forum.

2. Brooks isn't Irish, it's English.

3. Country music isn't "based on the traditional Celtic music". It is one of the many many influences coming from many many countries.

Savman

I've heard it all now.

Dord

podge018 wrote: »

3. Country music isn't "based on the traditional Celtic music". It is one of the many many influences coming from many many countries.

Most country is just southern rock with slide guitar and some fingerpickin'.

But in the case of Irish country music they also have people from Cavan signing with funny accents.

Doctor J

This is Irish country music





Johnny Cash died for that?

Flesh Gorden

Savman wrote: »

I've heard it all now.

You have to love the randomness of it

seanvox

garth brooks is a ****ing wanker and an embarrassment to real country musicians

verygood

u have no understanding of music, he was in ireland in 97 and filled croke park stadium for 3 nights, so anyone that does that...:D

seanvox

Anyone who does that proves how many people there are with awful taste in music

lisajane

I love garth brooks. He is the best. There are rumours that he is coming to ireland again. Nothing has been planned yet but i am living for the day. I suppose it'l never happen if tomorrow never comes.

DerKaiser

Brooks is a German name, and the origins of american country come from all over the world

To be honest I'd be quite glad to find out he is NOT indeed Irish, we have enough musical embarrasments

Flesh Gorden

verygood wrote: »

u have no understanding of music, he was in ireland in 97 and filled croke park stadium for 3 nights, so anyone that does that...:D

and Hitler drew quite the crowd aswell...... your point?

why would someone search thru page after page to find this pointless thread



thank Christ he isn't Irish, his musics bad enough without tin whistles and fiddles

Acoustic

seanvox wrote: »

garth brooks is a ****ing wanker and an embarrassment to real country musicians

thats why he's sold 127 million solo albums just in the us alone , 2nd to the beatles and about 100million more around the world and is worth a ****e load , while you sit at home pulling ur plumb and listening to take that

i dont think he'd give a toss if he's considered a legend etc , he has the money , fame , women

what have you got ??

seanvox

soul

getz

Celtic088 wrote: »

Does anybody know if Garth Brooks is of Irish heritage? Country music is based on the traditional Celtic music, and I assume the name "Brooks" is of Irish descent. Can anybody corroborate it?

brooks is a very old[medieval]english name and still common in the uk

BumbleB

Acoustic wrote: »

thats why he's sold 127 million solo albums just in the us alone , 2nd to the beatles and about 100million more around the world and is worth a ****e load , while you sit at home pulling ur plumb and listening to take that

i dont think he'd give a toss if he's considered a legend etc , he has the money , fame , women

what have you got ??

Thats a typically Irish comment , Lady Ga Ga could do the same over a few years does that make her brilliant ?.Fame is no barometer for talent . Brooks does not compare to Johnny Cash, Hank Williams or Jim Reeves.

Acoustic

BumbleB wrote: »

Thats a typically Irish comment , Lady Ga Ga could do the same over a few years does that make her brilliant ?.Fame is no barometer for talent . Brooks does not compare to Johnny Cash, Hank Williams or Jim Reeves.

difference is lady ga ga would only sell because s e x sells fact

is garth brookes a justin timberlake ?? i think not

plus lady ga ga would never sell 250 million records

he's sold that amount since 1989 to 2001 which is phenomenal

regardless of talent or not , he's a happy man while ur on the net bashing peoples talent

BumbleB

Acoustic wrote: »

difference is lady ga ga would only sell because s e x sells fact

is garth brookes a justin timberlake ?? i think not

plus lady ga ga would never sell 250 million records

he's sold that amount since 1989 to 2001 which is phenomenal

regardless of talent or not , he's a happy man while ur on the net bashing peoples talent

Jay Z sold millions of records and headlined glastonburydoes that make him talented ?.
I bet u never listened to real C and W in ur whole life.

seanvox

Acoustic wrote: »

difference is lady ga ga would only sell because s e x sells fact

is garth brookes a justin timberlake ?? i think not

plus lady ga ga would never sell 250 million records

he's sold that amount since 1989 to 2001 which is phenomenal

regardless of talent or not , he's a happy man while ur on the net bashing peoples talent

i bet you were one of those losers who took up line dancing in the 90s

BumbleB

seanvox wrote: »

i bet you were one of those losers who took up line dancing in the 90s

lol !

ceegee

Acoustic wrote: »

thats why he's sold 127 million solo albums just in the us alone , 2nd to the beatles and about 100million more around the world and is worth a ****e load , while you sit at home pulling ur plumb and listening to take that

i dont think he'd give a toss if he's considered a legend etc , he has the money , fame , women

what have you got ??

Sales volume isnt exactly the most reliable indicator of musical quality.
Take a look at the "classics" that comprise the top selling singles in Ireland:
http://www.irishcharts.ie/top_twenty/toptwenty.htm

BumbleB

ceegee wrote: »

Sales volume isnt exactly the most reliable indicator of musical quality.
Take a look at the "classics" that comprise the top selling singles in Ireland:
http://www.irishcharts.ie/top_twenty/toptwenty.htm

The hips don't lie is the only decent song .Dont see Mr Brooks there with all his fame and burrds like .


Animal Song ,

Title: Jumbo Breakfast Roll Artist: Pat Shortt Label: SonyBMG Company: SonyBMG Year: 2006

ceegee

BumbleB wrote: »

Jay Z sold millions of records and headlined glastonburydoes that make him talented ?.

His performance at glastonbury imo confirms that he is talented, especially as there were a lot of sceptics in the crowd won over by him. Not to mention some of his albums are amongst the best popular music releases of the past decade or so

BumbleB

ceegee wrote: »

His performance at glastonbury imo confirms that he is talented, especially as there were a lot of sceptics in the crowd won over by him. Not to mention some of his albums are amongst the best popular music releases of the past decade or so

agreed, Jay Z has sold a sh*tload of records ur man is tryin' to pass Brooks off like he's freddie mercury .The Beatles didn't have itunes or the promotion engine that all acts have now .

Acoustic

first and foremost , im not a lover of garth brookes ok end off

jay z is talented

and yes i havnt listened to real c and w ( i have a life )

what i was trying to get into your head is , he sold a shiit load and is minted so wether he has talent or not i cont care

he has alot more than most

Acoustic

seanvox wrote: »

i bet you were one of those losers who took up line dancing in the 90s

wow your a tough man , im crying here it was so auwful

go listen to boy george ye fag

seanvox

despite me professing a love for real country music you think I'm a homosexual and into boy george

weeiiird

Music-and-booze

haha most ridiculous thread ever

BumbleB

Acoustic wrote: »

wow your a tough man , im crying here it was so auwful

go listen to boy george ye fag

Just shows u how much u know about country .Boy george never did a country song u dope !.

Acoustic

did i say he did ??????????

personally i do think country western music is for old farts and colostomy bags , and homo's

my original point was , garth brookes doesnt have what he has for being **** , there for he has some talent

BumbleB

for your information, as a music producer I can say country music is the most advanced form of music out there. Country music session are the best guitarists in the world .Country guitar picking is really hard to perform.Jimi Hendrix went to nashville as a mediocre guitarist and came out a legend .I have the utmost respect for country music session musicians.

lisajane

Celtic088 wrote: »

Does anybody know if Garth Brooks is of Irish heritage? Country music is based on the traditional Celtic music, and I assume the name "Brooks" is of Irish descent. Can anybody corroborate it?

Just to answer this, his mother has got irish roots in cork. Just finished reading a new book that came out about his life and career, called The Garth Factor by Patsi Bale Cox. It was a great read.

cfitz

BumbleB wrote: »

for your information, as a music producer I can say country music is the most advanced form of music out there.

This is an old post, so perhaps I'll get no response. In my mind, country music would be one of the less advanced forms of music that I've listened to. Can you please direct me to some tracks that would be more advanced than say:
Milestones (Miles Davis)
Cantata No.78 (JS Bach)
Butterflies and Hurricances (Muse)
Disturbia (Rihanna)
November Rain (Guns 'N' Roses)

seanvox

The Flying Burrito Brothers - Hot Burrito #1

mikom

BumbleB wrote: »

Just shows u how much u know about country .Boy george never did a country song u dope !.

Are ya sure.......... he guest-starred on an episode of The A-Team titled "Cowboy George".

cfitz

seanvox wrote: »

The Flying Burrito Brothers - Hot Burrito #1

Didn't do much for me on first listen, but at least it had a bit going on in it.

xseanx

seanvox wrote: »

garth brooks is a ****ing wanker and an embarrassment to real country musicians

Shut the hell up.

seanvox

xseanx wrote: »

Shut the hell up.

Why?

BumbleB

cfitz wrote: »

This is an old post, so perhaps I'll get no response. In my mind, country music would be one of the less advanced forms of music that I've listened to. Can you please direct me to some tracks that would be more advanced than say:
Milestones (Miles Davis)
Cantata No.78 (JS Bach)
Butterflies and Hurricances (Muse)
Disturbia (Rihanna)
November Rain (Guns 'N' Roses)

Are you taking the piss ?????????.

cfitz

BumbleB wrote: »

Are you taking the piss ?????????.

Nah, I don't listen to country music much, and the country songs that I do like are mostly simple but heartfelt rather than 'advanced'. So I tried to list a few songs across different genres that I felt were 'advanced' (not sure how suitable a term that is to apply to a piece of music). What part of my question was confusing?

Savman

This has to be the most oddball thread I've read in a while.

seanvox

cfitz, to be honest I don't get what you mean by advanced, is it good songwriting or good musicians you're after or what?

cfitz

Seanvox, I was just quoting from this post:

BumbleB wrote: »

for your information, as a music producer I can say country music is the most advanced form of music out there.

seanvox

I see yeah, but just out of interest what is advanced about the list of songs you posted?

seanvox

sorry I mean what do you consider to be advanced about them

cfitz

seanvox wrote: »

sorry I mean what do you consider to be advanced about them

Well I didn't put a huge amount of thought into the list, they were just decent examples - I suppose it's how the different instruments/lines fit together that impresses me most generally.

Milestones has a very nice main figure, and the two lead instruments work really well together making really loose variations on that figure.
Cantata No. 78 has really nice harmonies throughout.
I haven't listened to Butterflies And Hurricanes in ages but it stuck in my head for some reason, good use of climax and dynamics maybe.
Disturbia is definitely one of my favourite pop songs of the last few years - there are lots of different vocal parts in the song and they all fit together seamlessly.
November Rain uses vocals, piano, and guitar as lead instruments at different stages of the song without any of them seeming to copy each other.

ArthurGuinness

Old thread I know but just back from Vegas where I saw the man himself was very good. He talked about his love for Ireland and its people and talked of his own Irish ancestry mother was Collen Carroll who's parents immigrated from Cork.

burgermasters

BumbleB wrote: »

agreed, Jay Z has sold a sh*tload of records ur man is tryin' to pass Brooks off like he's freddie mercury .The Beatles didn't have itunes or the promotion engine that all acts have now .

Garth Brooks does not allow his music to be sold on itunes as he wants each album to be sold together and rightly so, he has also out sold the beatles evlis and many more, he once sold out a 1 night gig in central park of 250.000 in under 60 mins (fact) and as for talent? the man has a degree in advertising he turned down a shot to play pro football baseball ect for oaklahoma, instead he wrote and played music! and dam is he good at it, oh and by the by? he took country music out of the slump it was in and brought it to the world,.:cool::D

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